A multifaceted approach to hydrogen storage
Journal article, 2011

The widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier could bring significant benefits, but only if a number of currently intractable problems can be overcome. Not the least of these is the problem of storage, particularly when aimed at use onboard light-vehicles. The aim of this overview is to look in depth at a number of areas linked by the recently concluded HYDROGEN research network, representing an intentionally multi-faceted selection with the goal of advancing the field on a number of fronts simultaneously. For the general reader we provide a concise outline of the main approaches to storing hydrogen before moving on to detailed reviews of recent research in the solid chemical storage of hydrogen, and so provide an entry point for the interested reader on these diverse topics. The subjects covered include: the mechanisms of Ti catalysis in alanates; the kinetics of the borohydrides and the resulting limitations; novel transition metal catalysts for use with complex hydrides; less common borohydrides; protic-hydridic stores; metal ammines and novel approaches to nano-confined metal hydrides.

generalized gradient approximation

thermal-decomposition

crystal microbalance

reorientational motion

density-functional theory

sodium aluminum-hydride

imidazolate frameworks

metal borohydrides

cox-free hydrogen

clathrate hydrate

quartz

Author

A. J. Churchard

University of Warsaw

E. Banach

Royal Dutch Shell

A. Borgschulte

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

R. Caputo

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

J. C. Chen

Gorlaeus Laboratories

D. Clary

University of Oxford

K. J. Fijalkowski

University of Warsaw

H. Geerlings

Royal Dutch Shell

Delft University of Technology

R. V. Genova

University of Warsaw

W. Grochala

University of Warsaw

T. Jaron

University of Warsaw

J. C. Juanes-Marcos

Gorlaeus Laboratories

Bengt Herbert Kasemo

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics

G. J. Kroes

Gorlaeus Laboratories

I. Ljubic

Ruder Boskovic Institute

University of Oxford

Nicola Naujoks

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics

J. K. Norskov

Stanford University

R. A. Olsen

Gorlaeus Laboratories

F. Pendolino

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

A. Remhof

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

Lorand Romanszki

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics

A. Tekin

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ)

T. Vegge

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Michael Zäch

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Chemical Physics

A. Zuttel

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

1463-9076 (ISSN) 1463-9084 (eISSN)

Vol. 13 38 16955-16972

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1039/c1cp22312g

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